Multiple wastewater testing sites in Vermont have reported a dramatic rise in Covid-19 levels going into Christmas and New Year’s, according to the latest report from the state Department of Health.

Jennifer Griffey, CFO of Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital, told Becker's that with shared IT leadership and AI, the organization is expecting to see increased cost savings.

VTSU Dean of Nursing and Health Sciences Ready for some good news about nursing in Vermont? I bet you are. I know—reports haven’t always focused on the good news. As recently as last year, news reports focused on nurses retiring, how we don’t have personnel or facilities to educate new nurses, the high cost of education and how all these factors plus burnout resulted in a shortage of nurses in Vermont and across the country.

A first-of-its-kind recovery center is aimed at bridging the gap between the emergency room and inpatient drug treatment. Those treatment beds are consistently full across Vermont, but this program offers what’s being called Vermont’s only “social detox bed.”

Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA) students from the Technical Education Center at Lyndon Institute (LI) are doing clinical rotations at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) from Thursday, November 30, through Tuesday, December 19, 2023.

This summer, the stately, red brick Loretto Home, a 57-bed residential care facility that had been operating in Rutland since 1904, announced it was closing.

Through a remote training program coordinated by UVM's Larner College of Medicine, rural physicians have learned how to address transgender patients using gender-neutral language during routine checkups and how to prescribe hormone replacement drugs.

Many across the state are processing last Friday’s shooting in Concord when a gunman fatally shot 63-year-old Bradley Haas, a security guard at New Hampshire Hospital. A state trooper at the facility shot and killed the suspect.

Standing next to a pancake-flat concrete foundation more than twice the area of a basketball court in a clearing a few thousand yards from exit 4 on Interstate 89, Perry Armstrong viewed the scene under sunlight and clear skies one afternoon earlier this month.

The people who work in Vermont's busiest emergency department have been punched in the face. They've been bitten, stabbed with kitchen shears and battered with metal food trays. They've had their lips split open, noses broken and eyes blackened.

A suspect and victim are both dead after a shooting at New Hampshire State Hospital in Concord Friday afternoon. Police say the situation is now "contained" and all patients at the hospital are safe.

The cold weather is returning, which means a lot of Vermonters are spending more time indoors.

At Lake Champlain Chocolates, the owners take shifts stacking boxes in the warehouse. At Burlington Bagel Bakery, a sign in the window advertises wages starting at $25 an hour.

Sandy Harris felt lucky when she landed a room at Copley Terrace nearly six years ago. Long before, her aunt had lived at the subsidized senior apartment complex in Morrisville, and Harris had a good impression of the place:

A St. Johnsbury man was placed into police custody three times in just over 24 hours after officials say he broke into an apartment, assaulted hospital staff and tried to assault an off-duty police officer.

A new medical care option for patients with complex needs could be coming to Bennington.

The Department of Vermont Health Access and the UVM Medical Center announced Monday that Vermont Medicaid is entering a pilot program to help its members suffering from chronic pain.

Every two weeks since mid-September, the Centers for Disease Control has told the Vermont Department of Health how many of the newly formulated COVID-19 vaccines they can send to the state. Then, the department distributes the shots to doctor’s offices across Vermont.

For decades, Rose Stone counted on the Alliance HealthCare System in rural Holly Springs, Mississippi, for her medical needs. But after she retired and signed up for a Medicare Advantage plan, she was surprised to learn it didn’t cover her visits to nonprofit Alliance, the only health-care provider within 25 miles.

The UVM Health Network has launched a storytelling project that brings to light physical and verbal violence faced by the medical staff when caring for patients.